Book at Bedtime - Moonlight in Odessa
Jane Collingwood reads from Janet Skeslien Charles's debut novel, set in the Ukraine
Book at Bedtime - Moonlight in Odessa - Episode 1
Daria is a young woman just out of university with an engineering degree and perfect English. However, in Odessa impeccable qualifications alone are no guarantee of a good job.
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Book at Bedtime - Moonlight in Odessa - Episode 10
Daria makes some important decisions about the future, including a separation from Tristan, which he violently opposes. But help is at hand from a most unlikely source.
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Book at Bedtime - Moonlight in Odessa - Episode 2
Daria is desperate not to lose her much-cherished job but just as determined not to sleep with her boss, so she recruits an old friend to help her - with unexpected results.
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Book at Bedtime - Moonlight in Odessa - Episode 3
Daria, uncertain of her future with the shipping firm, starts moonlighting for the Soviet Union's dating agency, translating for lovelorn Americans searching for a Ukrainian bride.
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Book at Bedtime - Moonlight in Odessa - Episode 4
Daria's plan to distract her boss, Mr Harmon, has worked so well that he is now besotted with her former friend Olga, who in turn is uncontrollably jealous of Daria.
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Book at Bedtime - Moonlight in Odessa - Episode 5
When Mr Harmon wants to give Daria's job to Olga, Daria makes him a deal - she'll take six weeks off to prove to Harmon that he can't cope without her.
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Book at Bedtime - Moonlight in Odessa - Episode 6
When Daria's mafia suitor Vlad fails to call her she turns her back on Ukrainian men and contacts Tristan in America, who wastes no time in jumping on a plane bound for Odessa.
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Book at Bedtime - Moonlight in Odessa - Episode 7
Daria rejects Vlad's offer of marriage, choosing instead to fly to America and join Tristan in the life she has dreamt of for so long. But when he proposes marriage, she hesitates.
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Book at Bedtime - Moonlight in Odessa - Episode 8
Daria and Tristan have not been married long when she learns that he has lied to her: he is not a teacher, but a school janitor.
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Book at Bedtime - Moonlight in Odessa - Episode 9
Daria is becoming increasingly disenchanted with life in California, and her unhappiness is compounded by her failure to become pregnant.
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